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Antonyms for tattle

Grammar : Verb
Spell : tat-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæt l

Definition of tattle

Origin :
  • late 15c., "to stammer, prattle," in Caxton's translation of "Reynard the Fox," probably from Middle Flemish tatelen "to stutter," parallel to Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, East Frisian tateren "to chatter, babble," possibly of imitative origin. The meaning "tell tales or secrets" is first recorded 1580s. Sense influenced by tittle. Related: Tattled; tattling.
  • verb gossip; tell rumor
Example sentences :
  • He lowered his voice as if a sea urchin might hear and tattle.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Is not this better than the indulgence in perpetual trifling and tattle?
  • Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey
  • So much so that if she had a husband, he dare not beat her lest she run and tattle to them.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow-Maker » by Mary Austin
  • Sooner I had a snake in my hut to run and tattle to the gods of me.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow-Maker » by Mary Austin
  • It was no maiden, nor the tattle of the town, that brought you this.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. » by Various
  • But she was dignified and reticent, and pathos, like tattle, was disgusting to her.
  • Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
  • She collected all the scandal, all the stories, all the tattle, all the suspicions.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 9 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
  • I will make certain that he will not blab nor tattle—that is the thing most to be feared.
  • Extract from : « It Might Have Been » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • The gossip is not always of the swift, nor the tattle of the wrong.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Cynic » by Oliver Herford
  • He had already begun to tattle, out of jealousy for another man who had supplanted him in her good graces.
  • Extract from : « The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr » by Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon

Synonyms for tattle

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